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RIBA launches online appointment forms
A new suite of agreements for architects and consultants is now available to download
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Lend Lease axed from 拢190m job
Developer Lend Lease has been removed from a 拢190m regeneration project in Eastbourne amid fears its appointment could fall foul of competition law
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CommentA house up a well-known creek
If your home played host to the contents of your neighbours鈥� toilets 17 times in eight years, you might expect the law to offer you some redress. Remarkably, as one London householder found out, it does nothing of the sort
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CommentAkenhead becomes TCC judge
Barrister Robert Akenhead takes on role as judge at the Technology and Construction Court
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JCT to discuss sustainable clauses in contracts
Tribunal to discuss incorporating environmental standards in contract at policy meeting in November
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Dayworks document revised by RICS and Construction Confederation
New document outlining dayworks in building contracts is launched this month
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CommentThere is no alternative
It is tempting to pronounce that lawyers should stay out of adjudication and let construction types untangle disputes. But too many arguments can be decided fairly only with specialist legal expertise
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CommentKiss and tell
The only people who love contracts are lawyers. For everybody else 鈥� the plasterers, the foremen, the managers 鈥� they鈥檙e just long, fuzzy words that bear no relationship to how they do their work. 鈥楰eep it short and simple鈥� should be the first rule of a legislator
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NewsNHS Trust fined 拢14,000 after patient falls from window
HSE warns hospitals of their responsibility after patient forces window open
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CommentHappy ever after
Main contractors and subcontractors make all kinds of rash promises during the courting stage. Then they quarrel. A new toolkit from the National Specialist Contractors Council aims to keep things sweet to the end
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CommentDo you have breakdown cover?
Rolls-Royce didn鈥檛 take out joint-names insurance to cover construction of its new plant. When a leaking pipe caused 拢400,000 of damage, it insisted the policy wouldn鈥檛 have covered negligence. Not everyone agreed
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NewsBitten by a tiddler
A run in with BT reminds 黑洞社区's legal blogger why people go to court to resolve even the teeniest of disputes
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NewsGovernment seeking to change green planning rules
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears recruits Entec to change renewable energy planning permissions for businesses
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CommentMind your language, minister
The government鈥檚 latest attempts at spelling out the Construction Act鈥檚 payment rules are a triumph of impenetrable gobbledegook. It鈥檚 time for some plain English
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NewsHips consultants had 鈥渃onflict of interest鈥�, watchdog finds
National Audit Office report finds that Government appointed consultants with financial link with firm bidding to run home pack scheme
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News'Beware cowboy builders' government warns flood victims
Hazel Blears urges those affected by floods to watch out for bogus traders when they repair their homes
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NewsBAA wins ban on select Heathrow protestors
High Court ruling denies three individuals access to a week-long demonstration opposing aiport expansion
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CommentAn exemplary disaster
Fail to renew your public liability insurance at your peril, as this dreadful tale of a family-run electrical firm, a little old lady鈥檚 bungalow and some (possibly) poorly rigged festoon cabling proves
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NewsHips warning for estate agents
The Office of Fair Trading says estate agents could face a ban if they do not comply with Hips
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NewsCarillion goes to court over scrapped 拢1.2bn deal
Contractor sues Bradford council for 拢40m over contract 鈥� and others may follow suit if it wins